Daily COVID cases have jumped again in South Australia after a four-week low yesterday, with the state today reporting another 3,560 cases.
Eleven of those patients are in intensive care and one is on a ventilator.
The new cases represent a 33 per cent increase on the previous 24 hours, and the numbers coincide with a 21 per cent rise in PCR testing.The hospitalisation figure of 245 is the highest of the current wave, and the highest it has been in several weeks. There are 30,272 active cases in SA, and the total since the start of the pandemic now sits at 354,720.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.What you need to know about coronavirus:
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